Samsung Camera in your pocket

Equally noteworthy is Samsung’s new Smart Auto feature in the ST50, which takes ease-of-use to a new level. When engaged, Smart Auto will automatically select one of ST50’s 11 scene modes which best suit the environment the user may be shooting in.

Wildfires Rage in California

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Wildfires continue to rage in Santa Cruz County, California, where thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes. The wildfire has now grown to more than three square miles and is not contained.

Apple iLife 09 Enhancing your iLife

Apple iLife ‘09’s fancy features promises to make working with images and videos a breeze.

Announced at this year’s Macworld, iLife ‘09’s new flashy features caught the attention of the Mac community.

Although it wasn’t as groundbreaking as most Mac fans were hoping for, it still has a few impressive features such as face recognition for photos and image stabilisation for videos. For the purpose of the review, we will mainly focus on the new features of iPhoto ‘09 and iMovie ‘09.

HIT AND MISS: The face detection algorithm for Faces occasionally goofs up and detects non-human objects, such as the cushion in the picture above, as a face.

EASY-TO-USE: iMovie retains the same user interface though it now comes with a few nifty new features like image stablisation and precision editing.